Guidance

Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024

Guidance for local authorities on the early years supplementary grant for 2023 to 2024.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Published: 7 July 2023
• Last updated: 22 July 2024
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  1. 22 July 2024

     We have published the updated early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024 allocations spreadsheet to reflect the actual number of children taking up the entitlements, using data from the January 2024 census (with the exception of the disability access fund (DAF)).

  2. 19 September 2023

     We have published the 'Early years supplementary grant allocations - September 2023 to March 2024' spreadsheet.

  3. 1 September 2023

     We have added the early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: conditions of grant, which provides further information for local authorities. We have confirmed that allocations for this grant are expected to be released in late September 2023. We have updated the early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: methodology in the following sections: - Section 6: Initial allocations - we have included additional information on early years entitlements and how indicative early years supplementary grant allocations will be calculated. - Section 8: Local authority funding to providers - we have included additional information on the key points of guidance of the early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: conditions of grant

  4. 18 July 2023

     'Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024 rates and step by step calculations' document: - we have made corrections on the 'EYSG MNS rates' tab, column H 'changes from 2023 to 2024 MNS rate (%)' to show figues as a %.

  5. 10 July 2023

     Friday 7 July 2023: we made minor corrections in the Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: methodology document as follows: - Section 4.1: '3 and 4-year-old entitlements': corrections were made in the 'Formula factor' table, 'EYSG supplementary hourly factor' column, within rows 'Free schools meals (FSM)' and 'Disability living allowance (DLA)' - Section 4.2: '2 year-old entitlement funding': a correction was made to the increased base rate in paragraph 3.

  6. 7 July 2023

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 26 March 2025

Find the latest information in the Local authorities: pre-16 schools funding collection.

Applies to England

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Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: conditions of grant for local authorities

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Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024: methodology

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[WITHDRAWN] Early years supplementary grant allocations - September 2023 to March 2024 (updated)

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[WITHDRAWN] Early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024 rates and step by step calculations

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Details

The guidance is for:

• local authorities
• early years providers
• schools

It relates to all local authorities that fund early years provision in England.

Conditions of grant

The early years supplementary grant (EYSG) is to increase the hourly amounts paid to local authorities, so that they can increase the amount of funding early years childcare providers receive for delivering the entitlements for the period September 2023 to March 2024 for the financial year 2023 to 2024. EYSG is subject to conditions of grant.

Methodology

EYSG guidance sets out the key principles of the grant. It will also help local authorities and early years providers understand how EYSG is calculated for September 2023 to March 2024 and how this will be paid to local authorities.

Allocations

You can view the published EYSG allocations for each local authority for the September 2023 to March 2024 period.

Please note - we have published an updated early years supplementary grant 2023 to 2024 allocations spreadsheet in July 2024, to reflect the actual number of children taking up the entitlements, using data from the January 2024 census (with the exception of the disability access fund (DAF)).

Payments for these adjustments will be made in August 2024.

Further details

You can find out more about the existing formulae used to calculate the original 2023 to 2024 rates for the early years block of the DSG in the 2023 to 2024 early years funding formulae: technical note.